What is the meaning of rumbustious?

adjective

  • Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline.
    • usage: "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"
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